The World According to Cachia

Optimistic outlook for relative industrial peace

John Cachia - Friday, June 03, 2011

Although there seems to be an apparent rise in Industrial Disputes…official figures (for the March quarter) show that disputes are at their lowest level on four years.

In recent Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports, there were only 37 disputes recorded for this [March] quarter, which is lower in comparison with the same quarter last year where 54 disputes were recorded. The December quarter showed 70 disputes!

In the last year, there were 53,800 workers involved in disputes which related to 117,000 working days lost as a result. These lost days occurred in the construction, transport, postal and warehousing industries… in contrast the mining and manufacturing did not suffer any lost days.

Treasury reports suggest good wages growth in mining and retail trade are a sign the labour market is settled after the concerns of the GFC.


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